On the other hand, there may be a crappie corollary: "Float tubing for crappie, when you have to clear a path through the ice to get to open water is not for pansies". My son and I used to fish Hefner by using small logs to clear a path. One time, the ice was too thick to break through with a log, so Bert loaned me a good-sized hammer. It took a lot of work to get out to the tower, and I only got a few crappie. There IS another adage: "Some fishermen are crazy".